440. The debaucher
like that.
Our little adventure has come to an end.
I originally thought it would take three to four days longer, and I prepared accordingly.
You can light a fire inside that dungeon, and it’s quite spacious, so you could probably live there if you wanted to.
The funny thing is, the status has been adjusted and you can use skills, but you can still use Quick Create inside. I don’t know how they patched it, but it’s not a game without bugs.
I guess they forgot to add a restriction on the use of the skill, since Quickk was added in 1.07b. I don’t know the details.
anyway.
We did it and all that’s left is the reward.
Ayla and I held hands, and I turned my gaze to wait for the system voice that would soon be heard.
【congratulations.】
【The two people’s united hearts overcame the ordeal.】
【Calculate clear rank】
【Rank SS】
【No additional rewards will be given even if the clear time is shortened beyond this point.】
【Compensation will be paid.】
【As the first reward, you will receive a partner upgrade for your party members.】
【Party leader Wolfram von Lohengrin and party member Ayla Trysta are tied together as partners.】
【Basic functions】
【Partners can check each other’s status and condition.】
【Partners can leave unlimited messages to each other.】
【Partners can transmit voices to each other without limitation.】
【Calculate additional rewards】
【The function of mutual summoning is added. It has a cooldown of 24 hours.】
【You will get beneficial effects if you stay in the same place for more than an hour.】
【Your current partner level is 3. Let’s increase your intimacy and level up.】
hmm.
Not bad.
In short, Ayla and I are now partners, and we can see each other’s stats and use text and voice calls with an unlimited plan.
Moreover, the biggest thing I got as an additional reward is the mutual summoning function.
Although you can only do this once a day, being able to call it out regardless of distance is a huge advantage in party play.
“Growl···.”
“I wonder what you’re so angry about.”
Ayla was still angry at Grand Felicie for not being there, but after patting the guy’s head, he quickly returned to normal.
When I told him about this partner feature, he seemed surprised.
This was especially true in that they could send messages to each other as much as they wanted and hear each other’s voices even when they were far apart.
“···Now, wait a minute. When? Twenty-four hours?”
“Is that so?”
“Then do you listen to my sleep talk too…? That’s a bit embarrassing.”
“Don’t worry, you can turn it off as much as you want. Summoning also requires mutual consent.”
“Then it’s okay.”
Ayla nodded.
It’s pretty easy to understand.
Anyway, I quickly checked Ayla’s status.
hmm.
Hmm?
“Aila. Have you grown up?”
“Huh? …Ah. My height is the same. I measure it every morning.”
“···No. It’s nothing.”
It went up a little more than the Ayla status I knew.
Up until now, the party members’ statuses have been based on my memories, but if I think about it, there’s no way their statuses wouldn’t go up after going on an expedition and training that much.
What’s interesting is that the right stats are stamina and talent.
Talent 18, Stamina 17, and Magic Power 20.
If you just increase your stamina by one more point, three of your statuses will surpass that of a human.
“I guess it’s time to change all your equipment.”
“Yes, yes? A cane?”
“Besides that, the necklace too… hmm. I guess I’ll need some new clothes too. Do you want any other accessories?”
“Well, I don’t want to throw it away since it was given to me by Wolfram.”
“I didn’t tell you to throw it away. I told you to wear something better.”
At those words, Ayla nodded and said, “Aha.”
“Then, Wolfram, please do what suits me best.”
“Okay, I see.”
Anyway, I think things are pretty much sorted out, so let’s go back now.
[Wolfram. Can you hear me, Wolfram?]
[I can hear you… Are you sending a voice message right now?]
[Yes! This is fun. This is fun!]
[···Why would I use this when it’s right next to me?]
[But it’s fun! Hehe. Let’s go then!]
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······.
Well, if you find it fun, then that’s fine.
After that, the guy broke up and went to the dorm, and before he fell asleep, he started calling me sometimes, talking to himself sometimes, and sometimes singing.
Yeah, right.
I’m not a kid who just bought a cell phone for the first time.
Would it be that fun if I had no one to contact but myself?
***
The next day.
I sent a rough message to the party members.
The content is roughly as follows: The second gate to the Demon World will begin its conquest next month.
In the meantime, he told me to prepare everything without missing anything, as he would teach me what each party member needed to prepare.
“Are you really planning on going around and conquering them one by one?”
“Okay. After finishing everything this year and liberating Sister Filtia next year… I guess we’ll go on a continental tour.”
“Oh my. What a wonderful dream. Hehe. Can I join you?”
“It doesn’t matter. But if you delay the voice I asked you to give, you should know that I won’t be able to come with you.”
“Oh my… Are you saying that after seeing that sight?”
Elpirané smiled broadly and looked at the front yard of the convenience store, and I also turned my gaze in that direction.
There, Mille-feuille was lying down, looking up at the sky, her shoulders shaking with her breathing.
“How is the growth of Mille-feuille?”
“Talent is average. Intelligence is such that I would like to have him as my staff member. I am so happy that I was able to find such a deformed genius.”
“What does it mean?”
“If you explain how to become stronger, he will first understand the superficial reason. Then, it will take him a very short time to realize the essence of the words. He is literally a genius of understanding. However… his physical talents are clearly limited. I would recommend that he be assigned to the staff or operations.”
“Is that what Mille-feuille wanted?”
“No. He clenched his fist until the very end.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to do that. If that’s not what the child wants… I don’t want to force a change in that path.”
At my words, El Pirané smiled broadly and flew up flapping his wings to pat my head.
“You will be a great monarch. Do you want to be a kind king?”
“I’m not aiming for the Emperor. I should give that to Eve.”
“Yes. Let’s say that’s true. Do you know that? Haruk didn’t want to ascend to the throne at first either? He had no intention of ascending to the throne himself.”
“······.”
“Haha. I’m just joking. Don’t look at me with such scary eyes. Well then, I’ll go and raise my dear ordinary genius disciple.”
After saying that, Elpirane walked out of the convenience store, flustered.
After a while.
The convenience store door creaked open and someone walked in.
Is it Mille-feuille or Elpirané? Or Ayla?
Thinking like that, I looked at the main gate…
“Good day, Your Highness Prince Wolfram von Lohengrin.”
“Regina Ciela?”
You usually call me leader, but now you suddenly call me Your Highness the Prince.
hmm.
To be honest, I still have a hard time getting the distance between me and Regina.
I decided to let him become an official member of the party, but that doesn’t mean he’s the same as the other party members I’ve been with so far.
Although they are tick-tocky, Eve and Nephthys are quite compatible, but they are completely different from each other.
“So, what’s up, Regina Ciela?”
“Oh, this morning… Ayla Tristar said. Huh, that the Prince had taken another step up the ladder of trust with her.”
“hmm?”
Ah. So you mean the thing about becoming partners?
“Is, is that true? Is that really true… The two of you are going up the stairs, and I’m just standing at the bottom of the stairs, miserably… watching from behind while scattering flower petals on the gorgeous, pure white path… If that’s the case, then I….”
Regina started muttering something with her eyes dead.
I’m not sure what you’re talking about though.
“Hmm. I became partners with Ayla.”
“As expected···. I, what should I do···.”
“Your turn won’t take too long either. Don’t worry too much.”
“yes?!”
Regina’s face turned bright red at my words.
what.
“What. Ayla is just the beginning. The rest of you have work to do.”
“···Ah, ah. Oh, why do you intend to walk the path of such a tyrant, a tyrant?”
“?”
Now Regina Ciela was so red that she couldn’t even continue speaking.
Are you feeling unwell?
There’s nothing I can do.
The health of party members is the most basic welfare.
He snapped his fingers to create a quick potion of vitality and handed it to Regina.
She looked at it once, and then she looked at me once.
“···By any chance, this potion.”
“It’s a health potion.”
“Oh, how could you do this in broad daylight… Oh, no. If you are testing me, I will accept it.”
With that being said, Regina Ciela opened the bottle and drank the potion straight down.
“Haa.” Regina let out a small sigh, pushed the bottle aside, and shivered slightly with her eyes closed.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes,···it’s okay.”
My voice is shaking so much, it’s not like I’m okay.
“Okay. Then go back. You look very tired today.”
“······yes?”
“Let’s talk about partners again.”
“Ah, um. Ah···. Your Highness? Is it really okay for me to go back like this···?”
“Yes. Is there a problem? If you have regained some of your vitality with the potion, you should be able to go back on your own. If it is difficult, take the Black King.”
Regina closed her eyes for a moment, lost in thought.
and.
“Your Majesty, by the way, I forgot to ask you something. So… what is a partner?”
“Hmm? …Ah. Didn’t I explain that?”
I briefly explained about my partner.
What missions you need to complete, and what benefits you can gain from them.
Regina listened to my story, first with a red face, then with a pale face, and then with a tearful face.
“That, that kind of… It’s rather my shamelessness. No… But, since Ayla always brags like that, I’m not at fault….”
“······What are you talking about? What did Ayla say?”
“No. It’s just… no. I’ll come back some other day. Excuse me.”
As I said that, I watched Regina leave the convenience store with her face covered with both hands and her head bowed.
hmm.
Because I don’t quite understand the context.
There is a convenient feature for times like this.
[Ayla. Do you have a minute?]
[Yes! There is always time!]
Even so, I’m a senior with less than a year left until graduation, so shouldn’t there be times when I don’t have much time?
anyway.
[Today Regina Ciela went to and from the convenience store···.]
[why?]
[I don’t know. I was just explaining it to you by bringing up the topic of partners.]
[Aha. I see. Now that I think about it, I also talked about my partner this morning.]
[That’s the point. What were you talking about?]
[Wolfram and I held hands and climbed the stairs of trust, even though it was dark and hard to see!]
[······Is that so.]
I didn’t say anything wrong, you know.
So what the hell was wrong with that guy?
[So what did Regina say?]
[At some point, when they said that all party members had to be upgraded to partners, they ran away.]
[Oh, I haven’t heard that story! Wolfram. Does everyone become partners?]
[But.]
[···I see. Ugh, uhm. I see···.]
what.
The voice sounds a little uncomfortable.
ah.
Now that I think about it, he was my right-hand man and my first star, so he enjoyed things like that.
[Don’t worry.]
[yes?]
[You are my first partner. That fact will never change, no matter what the circumstances.]
[······Ah. Oh, that’s right. I believe you. Hehe. I had a useless thought.]
[So… I just asked because Regina’s condition seemed a little strange.]
[Wolfram? That’s the wrong question.]
[What does it mean?]
To my question, Ayla answered without a moment’s hesitation.
[Regina is always weird.]
indeed.
That is indeed true.
